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My take was, it's a crisis -

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 20 May 2022 20:02:00 +0000

In reply to as for Bette's gaffe, I think

My take was, it's a crisis - do what you can. If it was a gas shortage, most people (except Republicans) would try to drive less. Years, government should try to help - and people should try to help themselves. It ls not atavistic dog-eat-dog, but not completely bailout either. WWII people followed drives for this or that. Now it's "why won't government take care of every single thing without my effort". Sux to be spoiled and self-absorbed. Guess "do your part" is out of vogue.

Another example of government

artappraiser — Fri, 20 May 2022 18:55:16 +0000

In reply to Lost Country: How Democrats Lost Rural America

Another example of government regulations getting in the way of helping ameliorate a problem citizens are experiencing, what a surprise NOT

Could housing factories ever rise again?

The White House wants to change the rules around financing and regulations to make modular and prefabricated homes easier and cheaper to build. Biden's housing plan offers new hope. https://t.co/A1qt9MRiIr pic.twitter.com/jMRBe6YJFM
— ◥◤.@kristoncapps (@kristoncapps) May 20, 2022

wait wait let me guess, we have to regulate how many go to each race and gender, right? and then there's who gets to work in the factories and how much they get paid

as for Bette's gaffe, I think

artappraiser — Fri, 20 May 2022 18:23:32 +0000

In reply to Oops, Better Middler steps

as for Bette's gaffe, I think it was a pretty horrific one, I have to rethink my estimation of her as pro-first-wave feminism. what happened to "my body, my choice?" not every woman wants to stay home and be like an on-call dairy cow for a year or more just to have children (I was breast fed -it was all the rage with progressive docs post war as evidenced by the Liz Taylor character in "Father's Little Dividend" but the brothers who came after me were formula babies--enough of that breastfeeding shit-and they are all arguably healthier adults)

the obsession with breast-feeding and the incredible societal pressure for women to do is one very horrible thing of many nanny-state type things that really really aggravate me. Check this out for just one example:

My first ever byline in Slate (4 years ago!) included a link to this lovely chart (which I NEVER miss the chance to repost because it's so enraging that federal government takes food away from people who can't breastfeed). Glad to see WIC getting a bit of heat. They deserve more. pic.twitter.com/eb3qT7zjAA
— Sarah W. Jaffe (she/her) (@Sarahwinifred) May 18, 2022

as far as I am concerned there's little difference here from Bill Maher's rant about solar panel regulation in California or any of mine about the ridiculous excesses of the Democratic machine in NY!!!

I'll go with a libertarian on these kind of issues any day over a big gummint FDR Dem, even if the libertarian types go too far in the liberty direction. A social worker has no idea what I need and i don't want his/her input unless he/she knows how to fill out the paperwork his/her type created so that I can bypass the rules he/she helped create

I've read enough now to be

artappraiser — Fri, 20 May 2022 17:49:42 +0000

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I've read enough now to be convinced that FDA nanny -state-bureaucracy IS at fault with the baby formula shortage

The White House admits that baby formula being airlifted in from Europe is safe and healthy.

So why weren't American parents allowed to buy those same brands weeks, months, or years ago?https://t.co/Q5HoY4DvRo
— Eric Boehm (@EricBoehm87) May 19, 2022

Why is there no legislation of any kind from either party to reform anything about how the FDA works?

There's been tons of *complaints* about various things coming from various different ideological directions, but members of congress aren't supposed to just post.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 20, 2022

there are TONS of comments on his thread from people fed up with those wunner big gummint inventions like the FDA and CDC. They are not from conservatives, Here's my selection

see here: https://t.co/CJSH043KPD and here https://t.co/RDeBdIWKkg
— Ryan Enos (@RyanDEnos) May 20, 2022

It's a hard problem to fix legislatively (though impossible otherwise). You're trying to fix a broken organization with 100 years of administrative momentum behind it.
— Steve Nadel (@StevenNadel) May 20, 2022

Closest we came was in 2016 when Thiel almost got Trump to nominate @balajis as FDA Commish. Honestly would have been the best thing to happen to American healthcare
— Mario (@tweet_perricone) May 20, 2022

Because the courts let Congress delegate an absurdly unconstitutional amount of responsibility to regulatory agencies, making it electorally beneficial for congresspersons to avoid ever voting on anything for any reason. Hopefully Gorsuch can convince SCOTUS to fix it.
— Don't blame me. I voted for Kodos. (@DavidCoffin_aR) May 20, 2022

Oh give me a break. Why can't my four year old get vaccinated, again? Why does it take weeks after data is available for the paperweights making decisions at the FDA to meet and make a decision? How many ppl died b/c FDA wouldn't allow anyone but CDC to test for covid early on?
— Parker Conrad (@parkerconrad) May 20, 2022

It’s a real money maker.
— Tom Reeves (@Tom_Reeves_) May 20, 2022

There are a lot of institutions and organizations and companies that like the FDA as disoganized and as sluggish as it is right now. There is a lot of money invested in this mess.

With congress in permanent gridlock this will probably not change in the next decade.
— Esports_areforlosers (@esports4losers) May 20, 2022

From top to bottom, our government fails us on a daily basis. I'm rooting for the J6ers next time.
— MDeanMedic (@68WhiskeyMike6) May 20, 2022

The FDA works the way it does because its purpose is to shield Congress and the president from blame. When the FDA's ridiculous regulations cause harm, the blame falls on their agency. When food poisons ten people, they call their congressperson.
— Erich Luepke (@erich_luepke) May 20, 2022

FDA spreads out the harm evenly across society so that we all pay a good amount to be subjected to regulations that harm us, so that no elected official would have to take any risk or accountability to protect the public interest.
— Erich Luepke (@erich_luepke) May 20, 2022

It has indeed become a horrible bureaucracy run by idiots influenced by big corporations they are friendly with and enemies of others. At times it seems like they are just there to make life difficult for citizens, taking away their favorite supplements or whatever that is really helping them, treating them like children or as if it's still 1915

GOP votes food shortage

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 19 May 2022 06:46:02 +0000

In reply to Another, blame Biden for baby

GOP votes food shortage

Can't abort em, can't feed em*, but "pro-life"

Good to know.

*yes, i agree with Bette Midler where possible, but funding supply improvements would seem to make sense on an issue you're slamming the President over - but these folks just want to own the Dems, not govern or make consistent sense.

192 Republicans vote against $28 million for baby formula shortage pic.twitter.com/7hZv4DUe8p
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 19, 2022

Our grandparents' dealt with

Orion — Tue, 17 May 2022 22:24:16 +0000

In reply to Blame the Media non-trope?

Our grandparents' dealt with food and various supply rationing all the time.

Blame the Media non-trope?

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 17 May 2022 11:57:07 +0000

In reply to More "blame the media" trope

Blame the Media non-trope?
[yes, this is how 2016 was - amplify anything Trump said, and if the author by any chance wanted to voice disagreement - not a given, often just a half-admiring "that wild & crazy guy" - would bury it down in paragraph 13]

I see Josh Dawsey has dutifully repeated Trump's lies and attacks with no pushback again.

[Annotated]https://t.co/O1L6jkD1Ba pic.twitter.com/SEZF6Br9rA
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 17, 2022

Oops, Better Middler steps

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 14 May 2022 23:58:00 +0000

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Oops, ~~Better Middler~~ Bette Midler (I swear I wasn't drunk) steps into wokedom, notes that breastfeeding would help the crisis for those who can, which of course produces uproar. Easier to blame government.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bette-midler-try-breastfeeding-baby-formu...

A $50k national giveaway to

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 14 May 2022 23:19:32 +0000

In reply to I thought about the depressed

A $50k national giveaway to millennial/Gen-Z college grads won't go over well.

It's that "anything worth doing is worth overdoing" mantra - "moderate" turned into a slur - "hey, you pussies, come on, swing for the fences". But this ain't baseball - sometimes those fences shouldn't be swung for.

I seem to recall Elizabeth Warren's campaign as one big ticket item after another. The "chicken in every pot" maxim at least had a modest populist ring to it - maybe we should reimburse every homeowner with a high mortgage, car owner with high payments...

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/13/student-loan-debt-congress-bide...

Bipartisan means lying down

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 14 May 2022 18:01:30 +0000

In reply to Lost Country: How Democrats Lost Rural America

Bipartisan means lying down with the guys who tried to fuck you last time, tho with Zelensky their tune has changed for self-serving purposes. If he was. Democrat they'd be willing (and were) to burn down California just to not show support.

Note: It's smart for Zelenskyy to meet with Republican Senators. It's a way to get commitments of continued to support if Republicans take both houses at the midterms.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 14, 2022